All Films

I Want a Clean Cinema

1999 • 2 min

Theater policy PSA made by Doc Films (University of Chicago) on 16mm.

My Very Private Map

1999 • 21 min

A personal journey into the memory of Palestinian refugees. Sobhi al-Zobaidi's first personal film, produced on the even of the 50th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba.

Northern Lights (Short Version)

1999 • 6 min

Silent art film utilizing landscape and light.

Ronin Romance Classics

1999 • 3 min • United States of America

Because of a faulty toaster, an “average” housewife finds that she has replaced the heroine in one of her treasured romance novels. Beset by the whims of fortune and multiple love inter-ests, she struggles to maintain her dignity and chastity, with varied results. She also discovers that fantasy is fine, but boys will be boys.

Spiritueux, acides et sirupeux

1999 • 7 min • France

Unsual stroll takes the viewer in a furious whirl of colors and forms, at the bend of a lost path in an industrial wasteland, among tagged walls, dead car on its axle, huge broken windows of Paris' warehouses... and a little touch of pyschedelic...

Prime Time

1999 • 6 min

Early short film by Gabriel Reyes

A Wizard Called Abu

1999 • 39 min

King Arashid falls sick from a runaway wind around town, and the only person who can help catch it is genius wizard Abu Nawas.

Victor in the Sea

1999 • 44 min • Indonesia

Young Marty gone missing on a sailing voyage.

Tamaris

1999 • 3 min

Camera movements on “tamaris”, a plant that grows by the sea on the Ile de Ré, painting and Indian ink.

Étude pour arbre seul

1999 • 6 min

A film by Marcelle Thirache

Inte utan mitt piano

1999 • 57 min

About the life of Trude Hesse. Her own sewing studio and four pianos keep the creativity alive for 86-year-old Trude Hesse. It was the romance at the piano that led to a new life in Sweden, after the Kristallnacht 1938 in Vienna.

Southern Dials... Soulful Styles

1999 • 60 min

"Black Radio provided a beacon of hope from its early days of entertainment through the Civil Rights Movement. Being a proven moneymaker, this format gave a powerful voice to those who would have been otherwise shut out. "SOUTHERN DIALS'SOUTHERN STYLES traces this style radio from its early days to its place in mainstream America. "B.B. King, Shirley Caesar, Jack Gibson, Tom Joyner, and others discuss how a risky radio format turned into a vehicle that would ultimately empower the masses."--1999 Peabody Awards entry form. Host Steve Crump discusses the history behind Black radio, speaking with many important figures who played a major role in the progression of Black radio or are currently involved with the preservation of such history. The program covers the formation of Black radio, Black radio in politics, the different genres Black radio went through, and modern day Black radio.

Agun Majid

1999 • 24 min • Bangladesh

The story revolves around a mysterious person in a remote village is believed to possess power to ignite anything by merely looking at it.

B 224

1999 • 23 min • Germany

Portrait of the titular road in the german area Ruhrgebiet.

A Rosie Christmas

1999 • 60 min

Rosie O'Donnell sings holiday favorites with guest performers

Sold

1999 • 30 min

The directorial debut of filmmaker Paul Williams.

The Crooked Man

1999 • 3 min • United States of America

a CGI Animated short Film about The Crooked Man.

Trapped

1999 • 13 min • Latvia

The story of a boy who indulges in the temptations of easy pleasure, wastes his life.

Puppy

1999 • 12 min • Latvia

The story of an abandoned puppy looking for a new friend for himself.

The Haircut

1999 • 11 min

The Haircut is a brief but searing satire on New Labour’s rise to power.

Hyakumannen Attara, Dousuru?

1999 • 28 min • Japan

Educational video that teaches teenagers about value of money, basic banking principles, use of credit cards and other ways of financial interaction in the society. Part of the series of films produced with cooperation of Japan's Central Council for Financial Services Information and Bank of Japan Public Relations Department.

Masayoshi Yamazaki searches for Robert Johnson

1999 • 59 min

Masayoshi Yamazaki, a Japanese folk singer, walks Mississippi, trailing Robert Johnson's footsteps. Getting a Mojo hand, playing the blues with real blues men, singing in King Biscuit Time, at last he meets Robert Johnson... at his grave.

NATO Targets Yugoslavia

1999 • 28 min • United States of America

An anti-war documentary featuring original on-the-ground footage and interviews from the 1999 NATO war against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Watch the 78 days of untold destruction, bombing bridges, hospitals, schools, and dropping up to 11 tons of depleted uranium across the country that NATO considers a successful “humanitarian intervention” in Yugoslavia. Filmmaker Gloria La Riva lifts the veil of imperialist propaganda to reveal the humanitarian crisis caused by the war.

Driving Ambition: A Season with Eddie Jordan

1999 • 50 min

Documentary that follows the Jordan Formula One racing team and it's owner Eddie Jordan during the 1998 season.